(Claymont, DE 19703) On Saturday, July 18, 2026, at approximately 10:00 a.m., officers with the New Castle County Division of Police responded to the 700 block of Naamans Road in the Whitney Gardens Apartment community for the report of a disorderly subject, with reports that the subject was armed with multiple weapons.
Prior to arriving on scene, responding officers obtained a description of the subject. Upon arrival, officers immediately located the subject, identified as 24-year-old Michael Bailey of Claymont, and detained him without incident pending further investigation. During Bailey’s detention, officers recovered a knife from his person.
As officers gathered information regarding the incident, it was determined that Bailey had become involved in a dispute over a parking issue with several individuals in the apartment complex. During the disagreement, Bailey allegedly threatened the victims with a knife, revealed that he was concealing a firearm in his waistband, and threatened to shoot them.
Following Bailey’s arrest, detectives obtained and executed a search warrant at his residence, resulting in the recovery of two 9mm handguns, multiple ammunition magazines, and additional ammunition.
Bailey was transported to New Castle County Police headquarters, where he was charged with the following offenses:
- Six felony counts of Aggravated Menacing
- One felony count of Possession of a Deadly Weapon During the Commission of a Felony
- One felony count of Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
- One felony count of Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited
- One misdemeanor count of Disorderly Conduct
- One misdemeanor count of Terroristic Threatening
Bailey was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $27,100 secured bail.
Michael Bailey – 24
